GIFRecorder app icon

Record GIFs.
Paste anywhere.

A tiny macOS menu bar app. Press G, drag a region, your GIF lands on the clipboard.

Download for macOS

Free · macOS 13 Ventura or later · ~2 MB

G drag region recording… on clipboard
⌘⇧G

Hotkey-first

One shortcut, anywhere on the system. Drag a rectangle. Recording starts the instant you let go of the mouse.

⌘V

Clipboard-ready

The GIF lands on your clipboard. Paste straight into Slack, Notion, Linear, Mail — anywhere ⌘V works.

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Local & private

No accounts. No upload. No telemetry. Your screen content never leaves your machine.

How it works

  1. Press G from any app.
  2. Drag a rectangle over the part of the screen you want.
  3. Press G again or click the menu bar icon to stop.
  4. Paste with V. The GIF goes wherever your cursor is.

Try it now

Free forever. A small gifrecorder.io watermark sits in the corner of free recordings — removed with a future one-time unlock.

Download for macOS

macOS 13 Ventura or later